What good is all this if we are – if I am – at the bottom of the genetic heap? Let the Aryans and bronzed Latinos among us be proud of Malta. Let me curse my Maltese genes.

And I thought it was difficult to understand women.

You’re harder to understand than a woman, Baxx.

You have a masochistic attitude?

Now seriously Baxxter, always look on the bright side of life, just don’t try to obliterate your Maltese DNA, aren’t we survivors?

Don’t we have a rich military history spanning from the bronze age to the British period? And what about our climate?Look at how Valletta is being restored professionally, the amount of restoration projects leaves you breathless.We have a rich culture which we should be all proud of.

Yes there are hamalli around, but don’t forget that they are not the majority, they are the empty vessels which are making most sound, to confirm this just, look at the comments board of The Times of Malta and see how it has been hijacked by a legion of organised anti-GonziPN commentors.

Those who are in favour of Gonzi just continue with their daily lives, and wouldn’t even bother to reply to the illogical arguments written by the likes of Eddy Privitera. They just let them have enough rope to hang themselves in their own ‘arguments’.

If you don’t want to see hamalli, go to “Evenings on Campus” or to the “Malta jazz festival” , visit our refurbished museums or go on a sightseeing tour around Malta.

Persuna li jkollha nfluwenzi fit-trobbija taghha li jirrizultaw f’mentalita’ li tahseb li biex tkun ahjar minn haddiehor jew biex haddiehor japprezzaha aktar, tesponi lilha nfisha, normalment quddiem haddiehor, b’mod esagerat, permezz tad-dehra, manjieri, mgieba jew diskors li jmorru kontra l-valuri ta’ l-umilta’, id-decenza u l-etika tal-bon sens f’socjeta’ civili.

[Daphne – No. I posed for that picture with my friends.]

Ara veru Gahan.

Indeed he is,and he speaks his mind without beating round the bush. And how does the song go? ahh! yes ‘to kill the yellow man’

My comment wasn’t “x’gharukaza dan iz-zmien” but “kemm nobghod b’qalbi kollha dan iz-zmien”.

X’gharukaza is Maltese hand-wringing piety. Mine is a burning desire to laser-erase my history, because much of it has been determined by my Maltese identity.

There’s no rule which says you have to love your country, or even yourself.

And there is no rule which says that if something is inevitable, then you have to like it.

To which my answer is: home is where the heart is.

Ever the eternal optimist, I took it that Baxxter was getting laid, and had little time left over for us.

Let’s pray that the getting laid bit still holds.

Grezz, I am the good one. Baxxter is the bad one.